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I don’t know if this qualifies as “unconventional” but I have had tremendous success increasing my physical exercise daily. I’m not entirely sure if it’s just d

I don’t know if this qualifies as “unconventional” but I have had tremendous success increasing my physical exercise daily. I’m not entirely sure if it’s just daily exercise or goal setting (in my case it was the somewhat ambiguous ‘10k steps a day’) or maybe a mix of both, but it evened out my mood significantly and had a strong effect on my depression. (Edit: studies associated) https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=exercise+effect+on+depression&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=exercise+effect+on+depr...

kayodelycaon 6y ago
I find that daily exercise and keeping a steady schedule of 8~9 hours of sleep is critical to maintaining stability. Sleep is the one thing I can't skimp on. Exercise can slip for a day or two. Food is less critical as long as I'm getting proper nutrition and don't skip meals. Due to my severity, insomnia (primary), and psychosis, I will likely always need medication but taking care of my body allows me to keep the dosages low enough that I still feel like myself.
InfiniteRand 6y ago
I feel like exercise is the standard advice from almost every medical professional for almost everything... but it is often helpful (I mean from the perspective of a type 2 bipolar), and it keeps away things like weight gain, inability to do physical activities, etc. which is usually pretty harmful. Sleep is also important. In general, taking care of yourself physically (beyond sleep and exercise this includes things like taking showers, brushing teeth, etc., which can be difficult during a slump) makes it easier to take care of yourself mentally since you have more energy and don't need to deal with body problems. In my experience this stuff is helpful, but not a silver bullet.

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I don’t know if this qualifies as “unconventional” but I have had tremendous success increasing my physical exercise daily. I’m not entirely sure if it’s just d

by sircastor 6y ago

kayodelycaon 6y ago
I find that daily exercise and keeping a steady schedule of 8~9 hours of sleep is critical to maintaining stability. Sleep is the one thing I can't skimp on. Exercise can slip for a day or two. Food is less critical as long as I'm getting proper nutrition and don't skip meals. Due to my severity, insomnia (primary), and psychosis, I will likely always need medication but taking care of my body allows me to keep the dosages low enough that I still feel like myself.
InfiniteRand 6y ago
I feel like exercise is the standard advice from almost every medical professional for almost everything... but it is often helpful (I mean from the perspective of a type 2 bipolar), and it keeps away things like weight gain, inability to do physical activities, etc. which is usually pretty harmful. Sleep is also important. In general, taking care of yourself physically (beyond sleep and exercise this includes things like taking showers, brushing teeth, etc., which can be difficult during a slump) makes it easier to take care of yourself mentally since you have more energy and don't need to deal with body problems. In my experience this stuff is helpful, but not a silver bullet.